She was at the conference, too, where the Major Officers met to discuss acquiring some more chil- dren.

The Bells discussed acquiring some of the wireless cable companies in an effort to propel those ventures, and those discussions propelled the wireless cable operators' stocks.

Down the hall from Medavoy was Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer president Dan Melnick, who interrupted a meeting with Peter Bogdanovich when he learned that Bakshi wanted to discuss acquiring the rights to The Lord of the Rings.

At a gathering in Oregon designed to discuss acquiring land for a Faerie sanctuary, a newcomer to the group, coached by Walker, confronted Harry about the power dynamics within the core circle.

Mr. Cohen and Mr. Pilevsky discussed acquiring The Post with Arthur Levitt Jr., chairman of the American Stock Exchange, according to Mr. Levitt, who said he personally was not a bidder.

Japan Ponders Nuclear Arms Alarmed by the rising power of China and anxious about the effectiveness of security guarantees from the United States, some of Japan's most powerful politicians have begun to consider breaking with a policy of pacifism to discuss acquiring nuclear weapons.

It was the place to discuss acquiring raw material and to plan trips or trading missions to get it.

At the end of July, Corning discussed acquiring the fiber optics business of Nortel Networks in a deal that could have been worth more than $100 billion.

As the International Atomic Energy Agency prepares to open a meeting today to review Tehran's nuclear program, Iranian officials have reluctantly turned over new evidence strongly suggesting that Iran discussed acquiring technologies central to making nuclear arms and hid that fact for 18 years, according to American and European officials.

Two foreign investors, the Shamrock Investment Corporation of California and the Canadian-based Belzberg group are discussing acquiring Koor, Israel's biggest industrial employer.